Nauvoo
settlement #481244
created 2012-10-02 by bplewe
official name: Commerce (started: 1834, : 1840)
assertion #3724939 by bplewe on 2012-10-02: confidence 100%.
official name: Nauvoo (started: 1839, : open)
After Hebrew word for beautiful
assertion #3724887 by bplewe on 2012-10-02: confidence 100%.
official name: Venus (started: 1830, : 1834)
assertion #3724936 by bplewe on 2012-10-02: confidence 100%.
is a(n): village (started: 1833, : 1840)
assertion #3725114 by bplewe on 2012-10-02: confidence 100%.
is a(n): incorporated town (started: 1840, : open)
assertion #3724925 by bplewe on 2012-10-02: confidence 100%.
started: 1830
assertion #3724952 by bplewe on 2012-10-02: confidence 100%.
ended: open
assertion #3738952 by bplewe on 2012-10-02: confidence 100%.
description: Nauvoo, Illinois rose from the swamplands of the Mississippi River to become a thriving settlement that once rivaled Chicago in size. After 1839, Nauvoo provided a refuge for the Prophet Joseph Smith and the early members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.<br/><br/>Between 1839 and 1846, Nauvoo became the religious, governmental, and cultural center for the Church. More than 2,000 homes built of brick, frame, and logs housed the growing population, as members gathered to rejoice in the newly established city. Difficulties increased, however, and in 1846 the Saints left their homes behind and began a monumental westward trek to the valley of the Great Salt Lake.
assertion #3724986 by bplewe on 2012-10-02: confidence 70%.
religion: Early (started: 1839, : 1846)
assertion #3724941 by bplewe on 2012-10-02: confidence 100%.
location: 40°32'53"N, 91°23'28"W
assertion #3718387 by bplewe on 2012-10-02: confidence 10%.
located at: Hancock County, Illinois, United States
assertion #3713244 by bplewe on 2012-10-02: confidence 100%.
has member: Smith Family Cemetery
entity #482212, assertion #3751315 by bplewe on 2013-01-18: confidence 100%.
has member: Old Nauvoo Burial Grounds
entity #482213, assertion #3751316 by bplewe on 2013-01-18: confidence 100%.
in group: Nauvoo Era
assertion #3727003 by bplewe on 2012-10-30: confidence 100%.
see also: Nauvoo Stake records (LDS Archives: LR 3102)
entity #850441, assertion #3772695 by bplewe on 2013-10-29: confidence 80%.
see also: HC 5:199
entity #850131, assertion #3770557 by bplewe on 2013-10-29: confidence 80%.
see also: HC 5:119
entity #850129, assertion #3770550 by bplewe on 2013-10-29: confidence 80%.
see also: HC 4:305
entity #850114, assertion #3770495 by bplewe on 2013-10-29: confidence 80%.
see also: HC 4:121
entity #850099, assertion #3770357 by bplewe on 2013-10-29: confidence 80%.
see also: HC 4:12
entity #850098, assertion #3770356 by bplewe on 2013-10-29: confidence 80%.
see also: Nauvoo Record of members, 1841-1845 (Family History Library 581219)
entity #850705, assertion #3773974 by bplewe on 2013-10-29: confidence 80%.
see also: HC 3:349
entity #850094, assertion #3770308 by bplewe on 2013-10-29: confidence 80%.
see also: numerous; History of the Church 3:342, 3:349, 4:12, 4:121, 4:305, 5:119, 5:199; Stake records (LDS Archives: LR 3102)
assertion #3710244 by bplewe on 2012-10-02: confidence 100%.
see also: HC 3:342
entity #850093, assertion #3770307 by bplewe on 2013-10-29: confidence 80%.
notes: Earlier called Venus, then Commerce. Headquarters of the Church 1839-1846. Had 3 wards (3/1/1842), then 4 (8/201842), then 10 wards.
assertion #3716244 by bplewe on 2012-10-02: confidence 100%.
